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RICHMOND, Va., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mosquito Squad, the mosquito exterminator, is happy to announce that it has recently launched its new mosquito control and thought leadership website at http://www.mosquitosquad.com. "We are the leaders in mosquito control, and our old website wasn't illustrating that," says Larry Spada, Vice President of Branding and Marketing for Mosquito Squad. "This site is now a great place to go whether you are looking for information on insects, how to control...
A cocktail of compounds emitted by the beneficial fungus Muscodor albus may offer a biologically based way to fumigate certain crops and rid them of destructive pests. That's the indication from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) studies in which scientists pitted Muscodor against potato tuber moths, apple codling moths and Tilletia fungi that cause bunt diseases in wheat.The scientists"”at ARS laboratories in Aberdeen, Idaho; Wapato, Wash., and other locations"”conducted separate...
Action Taken While Revamped Regulations to Help Stop Foreign Pests Are Under Review ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a federal import quarantine order that will prohibit the importation of several palm tree species from all foreign countries until a pest risk analysis has been completed This federal order will be implemented beginning today,...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With fall weather bringing unwanted, but harmless, insects into homes across the state, acting Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding today offered homeowners some suggestions on how to keep out the unwanted pests. "These 'home invaders' may be a nuisance in the fall, but they don't pose any harm to humans or to property," said Redding. "They simply enter homes this time of year looking for a warm place to escape the cold winter months."...
Four hundred non-native insects and plant diseases are wreaking havoc across North America ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Nature Conservancy (www.nature.org), working with industry partners and scientists, is supporting revamped regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve its ongoing efforts to block non-native insects and diseases from entering the country and protect American homeowners, businesses, agriculture and native trees....
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Fall usually brings to mind the smell of an open fire, hot chocolate and the anticipation of Thanksgiving dinner. So, what is that stink enveloping Pennsylvania? Stink bugs, appropriately named for the unpleasant odor they emit when squashed or killed, have become a growing nuisance in the state over recent years. Stink bugs arrived in Allentown about six years ago from Southeast Asia. Since then, they have slowly been making their way south to spread...
A collaborative team led by a University of Hawai'i at Manoa researcher has published the first-ever assessment of snail and slug species that are of potential threat to the nation's agriculture industry and the environment, should they ever be introduced in the U.S.The July 2009 article in the American Malacological Bulletin is authored by snail/slug biologist Robert H. Cowie of the UH Manoa Center for Conservation Research and Training (CCRT) and his team. They evaluated all known snail...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeowners can now eliminate pests while being eco-conscious thanks to Terminix SafeShield(TM), a new, natural pest control product that is made primarily from plant extracts. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090707/CL43102 ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090327/CL89887LOGO-e ) SafeShield is the first direct-to-consumer product from Terminix, the nation's largest pest control company, and is available at...
87 Percent of Adults Polled About Pests and the Economy Agree "There Is Still No Room for Bugs in My Home" ATLANTA, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- While many Americans have slashed home maintenance budgets in this economy, a recent independent survey by Atlanta-based pest control leader Orkin, Inc. reports nearly nine in ten adults (87 percent) still refuse to tolerate pests in their homes. More than half of respondents (57 percent) also agreed that, unlike services like house cleaning, pest...
Hawaii's ongoing problem with invasive species such as snails and slugs, including their serious impact on plant nurseries and other aspects of the local horticultural industry, has been investigated and documented by four University of Hawaii at MÄnoa researchers. It is the first documented baseline compilation of the distributions of all snail and slug species associated with the horticultural industry throughout the Hawaiian Islands.In an October-December 2008 article in the...
